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India’s Coast Guard seizes 5.5 tons of methamphetamine in largest ever drug bust
India’s Coast Guard announced on Tuesday that it had made its largest drug seizure to date, when it intercepted a fishing boat carrying 5.5 tons of methamphetamine from Myanmar.
An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) surveillance aircraft spotted the small fishing vessel in the Andaman Sea, between Myanmar and India, which was “operating suspiciously.” A coast guard ship boarded the vessel on Sunday morning after the fishing boat, with six Burmese crew members aboard, entered Indian territorial waters, according to a statement from the security force.
“The boarding team found approximately 5,500 kilograms of the illegal drug methamphetamine,” the statement said. “This seizure is the largest by the ICG, underscoring its commitment to protecting Indian territorial waters,” it added.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, triggering a crackdown that led to an armed insurgency. Myanmar’s Shan State is a major source of synthetic drugs, often produced in hidden laboratories in jungle regions controlled by armed groups near the border with Thailand.
International
Biden to attend Trump’s inauguration in January
US President Joe Biden will attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump in January, the White House announced on Monday, despite the fact that the Republican did not attend Biden’s inauguration four years ago.
“The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whoever won the election. He and the First Lady will keep that promise and attend,” said spokesperson Andrew Bates to reporters traveling with Biden on Air Force One.
“He sees it as an important demonstration of commitment to our democratic values and to honoring the will of the people, while we continue to ensure a smooth and effective transition,” Bates added.
Despite describing Trump as a threat to democracy during the election campaign, Biden seeks to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the Republican that Trump denied him.
Biden invited the president-elect to the White House just days after the November 5 election, in which Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
The 82-year-old Democrat dropped out of the presidential race for a second term in July and supported Harris after her disastrous performance in a televised debate led Democrats to question her fitness for the office due to concerns over her health and mental agility.
International
Mexico’s Sheinbaum warns Trump: Tariffs won’t stop migration or drug consumption
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Donald Trump on Tuesday that new tariffs will not stop irregular migration or drug consumption in the United States, following the elected president’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican imports.
“President Trump, it is not with threats or tariffs that the migratory phenomenon or drug consumption in the United States will be stopped,” said the left-wing president while reading a letter she plans to send to the elected president. She also proposed initiating a dialogue.
International
Iran’s Khamenei calls ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu insufficient
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes as “insufficient” and stated that the prime minister deserves a “death sentence.”
The court, based in The Hague, issued arrest warrants on Thursday against Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas’s military leader Mohammed Deif for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
In his first speech since the court issued the arrest orders, Khamenei called the arrest warrant against Netanyahu “insufficient.” He further stated, “These criminal leaders must be sentenced to death,” referring to Netanyahu and Gallant, while addressing a group of Basij volunteers, an Islamist militia that can act as a replacement for security forces.
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